This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Late at night, red light splashes onto the…
The Ghosts of Clinton Hall: Riots, Fire, and Scandal On Astor Place
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. In 2012, when attendees of an anarchist book…
Veselka Will Close On Christmas, Once Again Changing With the Times
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Anyone who wants Veselka’s famous pierogies, borscht and…
The Ladies Who Lunched (and Noshed) at 156 Second Ave.
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. She shot him in the chin. Sigmund Bohn…
‘Literally a Rat Hole’: How Seventh Street Squat Grew on a Governor’s Meadow
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. In late October, I emailed Fly, a resident…
The Loner, the Lover, and the Trap Door of the Merchant’s House
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. By the time she died in 1984, Helen…
Jeff Koons Balloon Bunny Bout to Make Fanciest Drug Store this Side of Heaven
As construction around Astor Place continues to make things noisy and horrible around Cooper Square — for real though, navigating those sidewalks is beginning to…
Renderings of Extell’s ‘Poor Door’ Released at Community Meeting
Now that the pile drivers have finished work on the foundations of Extell’s controversial 80-story behemoth on 252 South Street (known as One Manhattan Square), it’s pretty…
Williamsburg Basement Collapses, Injuring Three Construction Workers
When Joshua Alvarado drops his son off at Public School 16 in the mornings, he often notices busy construction activity at the brick row houses on Wilson Street, across…
4 St. Marks, Home of Alexander Hamilton Jr. and Now Trash & Vaudeville, Is For Sale
The former home of Alexander Hamilton’s son, which (for now) houses punk couture shop Trash & Vaudeville, can be yours for a mere $11.9 million.…